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##Codebook for candidate CFscores
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The method used to estimate ideal points for contributors is described in
"Mapping the Ideological Marketplace" (Bonica 2013). Variables compiled in other
datasets are indicated in parentheses before the variable name. Please attribute
credit accordingly.

(PR) The DW-NOMINATE scores are from by Poole and Rosenthal (2007) and are made
available at voteview.com.

(SW) Committee membership data is from Charles Stewart and Jonathan Woon at:
http://web.mit.edu/17.251/www/data_page.html. Their preferred citation is,
"Charles Stewart III and Jonathan Woon. Congressional Committee Assignments,
103rd to 111th Congresses, 1993--2009"

(CPR) Some of the variables are provided by the Center for Responsive Politics
(http://www.opensecrets.org). These variables are indicated by placing the
string (CRP) before the variable name. If any of these variables are used,
please attribute credit to the Center for Responsive Politics.

1) cycle - Election cycle without two-letter state code.

2) election - Election cycle preceded by two-letter state code. Federal
candidates have 'fd' as the state code. Candidates with that are active in more
than one election cycle will have multiple entries.

3) Cand.ID - The candidate ID assigned by the FEC.

4) FEC.ID - The ID assigned by the FEC to the candidates campaign committee.

5) (CRP) NID - Unique candidate IDs assigned by the Center for Responsive
Politics.

6) ICPSR - Adjusted ICPSR legislator ID. Candidates that have never served in
Congress are assigned IDs based off of their FEC IDs. The election cycle is
appended to the end of each ID to distinguish separate entries from the same
candidate.

7) ICPSR2 - Adjusted ICPSR legislator ID. Each candidate receives a unique ID
that is constant across election cycles.

8) bonica.rid - Unique ID assigned to candidates and committees. Each candidate
receives a unique ID that is constant across election cycles. (Use this variable
to perform mapping onto contributor database)

9) bonica.cid - Unique contributor ID for the candidate. Can be used to match
rows in candidate file to rows in the contributor file. (note: The construction
of this variable is not yet complete. It includes the set candidates that could
be easily matched to their contribution records using an automated matching
scheme. Missing values do not necessarily mean that a candidate has not made
contributions).

10) Name - Candidate's name.

11) Party - Candidate's party (100 = Dem, 200 = Rep, 328 = Ind)

12) State - Two-letter state code.

13) seat - Elected office sought. Committees are listed as federal:committee.

14) District - District code: two-letter state code followed by congressional
district number. District numbers for senate candidates take on the value of 'S'
followed by the year of the seat will be up for election.

15) Incum.Chall - Incumbency status. ('I' = Incumbent, 'C' = Challenger, 'O' =
Open Seat Candidate, '' - not up for election)

16) cfscore - Candidate ideal point estimates.

17) cfscores.dyn - Period specific ideal point estimate. Candidate ideal points
are re-estimated in each election cycle while holding contributor ideal points
constant to identify the space.

18) (PR) dwnom1 - First dimension DW-NOMINATE score.

19) (PR) dwnom2 - Second dimension DW-NOMINATE score.

20) (PR) ps.dwnom1 - First dimension Nokken-Poole period-specific DW-NOMINATE
score.

21) (PR) ps.dwnom2 - Second dimension Nokken-Poole period-specific DW-NOMINATE
score.

22) num.givers - Number of unique donors that gave to the candidate during a
specific election cycle.

23) num.givers.total - Number of unique donors that gave to the candidate
aggregating over the candidate's career.

24) cand.gender - Candidate gender codings.

25) total.disbursements - total campaign spending during the election cycle

26) total.pc.contribs - total receipts from party committees

27) contribs.from.candidate - total receipts from candidate contributions

28) unitemized - total unitemized receipts

29) non.party.ind.exp.for - non-party independent expenditures made to support
candidate

30) non.party.ind.exp.against - non-party independent expenditures made against
candidate

31) ind.exp.for - total independent expenditures made to support candidate

32) ind.exp.against - total independent expenditures made against candidate

33) comm.cost.for - total communication costs made on behalf of candidate

34) comm.cost.against - total communication costs made to oppose candidate

35) party.coord.exp - total party coordinated expenditures

36) party.ind.exp.against - total independent expenditures made by opposing
party against a candidate

37) total.receipts - total dollars raised by candidate during an election cycle

38) total.pac.contributions - total PAC receipts

39) total.indiv.contributions - total individual receipts

40) ran.primary - candidate was active in primary elections

41) ran.general - candidate was active in general elections

42) p.elec.stat - FEC primary election code (W = Win) (L = Lose)

43) s.elec.stat - FEC special election code (W = Win) (L = Lose)

44) r.elec.stat - FEC run-off election code (W = Win) (L = Lose)

45) gen.elec.stat - FEC general election code (W = Win) (L = Lose)

46) gen.elect.pct - FEC reported vote share in general election

47) winner - 'W' = won election; 'L' = lost election

48) district.partisanship - Kernell's (2009) measure of district partisanship
for the current election cycle.

49) mu_est80s - Kernell's (2009) measure of district partisanship in the
1980's. Higher numbers indicate more democratic districts.

50) mu_est90s - Kernell's (2009) Measure of district partisanship in the
1990's. Higher numbers indicate more democratic districts.

51) mu_est00s - Kernell's (2009) Measure of district partisanship in the
2000's. Higher numbers indicate more democratic districts.

52) district.pres.vs - district-level percentage of the two-party vote share won
by the Democratic presidential nominee in the most recent presidential election.

54) dvp1984 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 1984

55) dvp1988 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 1988

56) dvp1992 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 1992

57) dvp1996 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 1996

58) dvp2000 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 2000

59) dvp2004 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 2004

60) dvp2008 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 2008

61) dvp2012 - district-level two-party vote share won by the Democratic
presidential nominee in 2012

62) avg.donor.cfscore.in.cd - mean ideal point of the population of donors
residing within the congressional district

63) prop.in.dist.w.org - proportion of candidate's $'s raised by from donors
residing within the candidate's district

64) prop.in.state.w.org - proportion of candidate's $'s raised by from donors
residing within the candidate's state

65) (FEC) CandStatus - indicates the status of the candidate's campaign.

66) (FEC) fecyear - Year listed by the FEC as the election cycle for the
campaign. The 'election' variable indicates the election cycle during the
contribution was made. But the election can occur in a future cycle (as is the
case for senators that fundraise during their first four years in office).

67) cand.or.committee - (cands = candidate, comm = committee).

68) (nimsp) nimsp.party - three-letter party code assigned by the NIMSP

69) (nimsp) nimsp.candidate.ICO.code - incumbency status assigned by the NIMSP

70) (nimsp) nimsp.district - district number assigned by the NIMSP

71) (nimsp) nimsp.office - state-office sought

72) (nimsp) nimsp.candidate.status - election outcome

73) before.switch.ICPSR - ICPSR ID prior to switching parties (included for
party-switchers only)

74) after.switch.ICPSR - ICPSR ID after switching parties (included for
party-switchers only)




